The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:10:29 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb The truth and denial dilemma /item/37381-the-truth-and-denial-dilemma /item/37381-the-truth-and-denial-dilemma

Since the May 2021 announcement by Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Chief Rosanne Casimir that ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology had located the remains of 215 children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, Canada has been embroiled in difficult attempts to come to terms with claims of mass graves, murder and genocide. 

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Canada Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:25:14 -0500
Kamloops chief believes anomalies are 'unmarked burials' /item/36913-kamloops-chief-believes-anomalies-are-unmarked-burials /item/36913-kamloops-chief-believes-anomalies-are-unmarked-burials

Though Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Kúkpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir has stepped back on her 2021 claims of 215 bodies found in graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS), now referring to them as "anomalies," she said investigations to date still lead to the belief they are "unmarked burials."

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:30:35 -0400
Incinerated children claims 'truly laughable' /item/36834-incinerated-children-claims-truly-laughable /item/36834-incinerated-children-claims-truly-laughable

Skeptics of the “mass graves” narrative took notice of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (Ttes) First NationƵapp recent statement commemorating the discovery of “215 anomalies” at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on May 27, 2021.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:54:21 -0400
No accounting for burial sites’ funding /item/36777-no-accounting-for-burial-sites-funding /item/36777-no-accounting-for-burial-sites-funding

The $7.9 million allocated to the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation for “field work” at the alleged site of 215 unmarked graves in Kamloops, B.C. is only a small portion of the $110 million allocated to Indigenous communities to help them search and document burial sites at former residential schools. 

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Canada Tue, 14 May 2024 14:19:59 -0400
Report concludes Oblate abused Nunavut children /item/36561-report-concludes-oblate-abused-nunavut-children /item/36561-report-concludes-oblate-abused-nunavut-children

Following an exhaustive investigation, retired Superior Court of Quebec Justice André Denis concluded French priest Joannès Rivoire was guilty of sexually assaulting five minors in Naujaat, Nunavut, between 1968 and 1970, and one in Arviat and Whale Cove, Nunavut, between 1974 and 1979.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:25:28 -0400
Truth be told /opinion/letters/item/36548-truth-be-told /opinion/letters/item/36548-truth-be-told

Those who are sincerely looking for proof that Indigenous children died in residential schools and were buried in unmarked graves should have attended the March 5-7 National Knowledge Sharing Event on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials in Regina.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Letters to the editor Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:29:56 -0400
Without truth, thereƵapp no reconciliation /item/36527-without-truth-there-s-no-reconciliation /item/36527-without-truth-there-s-no-reconciliation

CalgaryƵapp emeritus Bishop Fred Henry has been named one of the worldƵapp “Top 10 people of 2023” by Inside the Vatican magazine for challenging the consensus on graves at former Indian residential schools.

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peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Canada Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0500
Re-issued book up against modern standards /item/36363-re-issued-book-up-against-modern-standards /item/36363-re-issued-book-up-against-modern-standards

Residential school history gets a new lease on life, but will todayƵapp culture accept it?

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Features Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0500
Search for truth over graves is elusive /item/35846-search-for-truth-over-graves-is-elusive /item/35846-search-for-truth-over-graves-is-elusive

The absence of human remains following excavations at ManitobaƵapp former Pine Creek Indian Residential school has attracted international attention in the form of a highly critical article in the New York Post.

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peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Canada Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:13:12 -0400
No bodies discovered in Manitoba excavation /item/35802-no-bodies-discovered-in-manitoba-excavation /item/35802-no-bodies-discovered-in-manitoba-excavation

Fourteen anomalies discovered by ground-penetrating radar in a Manitoba church basement are not human remains, an excavation has discovered.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:37:02 -0400